List of the members of the headquarters of the KPD
This list gives an alphabetical overview of the members of the headquarters of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) elected at the party congresses (1918–1924 ). It was not until the Xth Party Congress of the KPD in Berlin in July 1925 that a central committee was elected as the governing body instead of the headquarters (→ list of members of the KPD's central committees ).
First Party Congress (1918/1919)
The founding party convention in Berlin (December 31, 1918 - January 1, 1919) chose a headquarters from twelve people:
- Hermann Duncker
- Kate Duncker
- Hugo Eberlein
- Paul Frölich
- Leo Jogiches
- Paul Lange
- Paul Levi
- Karl Liebknecht
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Ernst Meyer
- Wilhelm Pieck
- August Thalheimer
II Party Congress (1919)
At the Second Party Congress in Heidelberg (October 20-24, 1919), a seven-person headquarters was elected:
III. Party Congress (February 1920)
The (illegally meeting) III. The party congress in Karlsruhe (February 25-26, 1920) elected a headquarters composed of seven members and seven deputies:
Members :
- Heinrich Brandler
- Hugo Eberlein
- Paul Frölich
- Ernst Meyer
- Wilhelm Pieck
- August Thalheimer
- Clara Zetkin
Deputy (candidate):
- Ernst Friesland (alias from Ernst Reuter)
- Arthur Hammer
- Fritz Heckert
- Joseph Koering
- Paul Lange
- Fritz Schnellbacher
- Jacob Walcher
IV Party Congress (April 1920)
The (illegally meeting) IV Party Congress in Berlin (April 14-15, 1920) elected a headquarters of seven members and seven substitutes:
Members :
Substitutes (candidates):
- Ernst Friesland (alias from Ernst Reuter)
- Paul Frölich
- Fritz Heckert
- Paul Lange
- Fritz Schnellbacher
- Jacob Walcher
- Rosi Wolfstein
5th Party Congress (November 1920)
The delegates of the 5th party congress, which met in Berlin (November 1st - 3rd, 1920) confirmed the previous headquarters.
VI. Party Congress (December 1920)
The VI. Party congress (December 4-7, 1920 in Berlin) was the unification congress of the KPD and the left USPD . The delegates elected a board of directors made up of two chairmen, seven secretaries and five assessors.
Chair : Paul Levi (KPD) and Ernst Däumig (former USPD)
Secretaries :
- Heinrich Brandler
- Otto Brass
- Wilhelm Koenen
- Wilhelm Pieck
- Hermann Remmele
- Walter Stoecker
- Clara Zetkin
Assessor :
VII Party Congress (1921)
The VIIth Party Congress, which met in Jena from August 22nd to 26th, 1921, elected a headquarters of 14 members:
- Paul Boettcher
- Bertha Braunthal
- Hugo Eberlein
- Ernst Friesland (alias from Ernst Reuter)
- Fritz Heckert
- Edwin Hoernle
- Ernst Meyer
- Wilhelm Pieck
- Hermann Remmele
- Felix Schmidt
- August Thalheimer
- Jacob Walcher
- Rosi Wolfstein
- Clara Zetkin
VIII Party Congress (1923)
The delegates of the 8th Party Congress, which met in Leipzig (January 28 - February 1, 1923) elect a headquarters from 21 members:
- Karl Becker
- Paul Boettcher
- Heinrich Brandler
- Hugo Eberlein
- Arthur Ewert
- Paul Frölich
- Fritz Heckert
- Edwin Hoernle
- August Kleine
- Wilhelm Koenen
- Rudolf Lindau
- Hans Pfeiffer
- Wilhelm Pieck
- Hermann Remmele
- Felix Schmidt
- Georg Schumann
- Walter Stoecker
- August Thalheimer
- Walter Ulbricht
- Jacob Walcher
- Clara Zetkin
At a meeting of the Central Committee on May 17, 1923, four additional members were co-opted into the headquarters:
IX. Party Congress (1924)
On the IX. At the party congress in Frankfurt am Main (April 7-10, 1924), a headquarters of 15 members was elected:
- Hugo Eberlein
- Ruth Fischer
- Wilhelm Florin
- Ottomar gifts
- Fritz Heckert
- Ivan Katz
- Arthur King
- Arkadi Maslow
- Wilhelm Pieck
- Hermann Remmele
- Arthur Rosenberg
- Ernst Schneller
- Werner Scholem
- Max Schütz
- Ernst Thalmann
literature
- Hermann Weber (ed.): The German communism. Documents 1915-1945 . 3. Edition. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1973, pp. 425–434.